Rethinking water management : innovative approaches to contemporary issues /
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| Imprint: | London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003. |
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| Description: | xiii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4958765 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- About the contributors
- Foreword
- List of acronyms and abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rethinking development paradigms for the water sector
- Introduction
- Sustainable development
- Environmental sustainability of water projects
- Case study of Mexico
- Conclusions
- References
- 3. Global and local agendas in water management: From vision to action
- Introduction
- Global-local agendas in water management: Theory and practice
- Research questions
- Recommended actions: New regionalism for water management in the Middle East
- Conclusions
- References
- 4. Balancing between the eternal yesterday and the eternal tomorrow: Economic globalization, water and equity
- Introduction
- The different aspects of globalization
- Economic globalization and water
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Notes
- References
- 5. Managing rain for the future
- Introduction
- Water and food security: Sorting out the facts
- Making more food with the same rainfall
- Win-win solutions based on integrated rain management
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 6. Recycling and reuse of 'derivative water' under conditions of scarcity and competition
- Introduction
- Bridging the scarcity divide: Recycling secondary or 'derivative' water
- Management and policy options for effluent irrigation
- Case descriptions of planned and unplanned reuse
- Conclusions: Next generation issues for derivative water use
- Notes
- References
- 7. Rethinking groundwater management
- Introduction
- Detrimental impacts of groundwater non-management
- A shift in groundwater management approaches: Towards providing incentives for more sustainable use
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 8. Water rights and their management: A comparative country study and its implication for China
- Introduction
- Legal and economic aspects of property rights
- Water resources as common pool resources
- Typical water rights assignments and their characteristics
- Water rights reform in China: Theoretical and practical explorations towards efficient water resources management
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 9. The present and future of transboundary water management
- Introduction
- The transboundary freshwater dispute database
- International institutions and indicators of conflict
- Baskets of benefits
- Why might the future look nothing like the past?
- Conclusion: What types of policy recommendations can one make?
- Notes
- References
- 10. Forgetting political boundaries in identifying water development potentials in the basin-wide approach: The Ganges-Bhahmaputra-Meghna issues
- Introduction
- Regional water-based development context
- Regional water-resource utilization issues
- Regional water-based development potentials
- Broad-based conclusions and recommendations
- Notes
- References
- 11. Let's pump money in the water sector!
- Introduction
- Today's four major challenges
- Suggested actions to improve the situation
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 12. Conclusion: The way forward
- Entry point to sustainable water management
- Change of water paradigm is required
- Sharing common water resources: Paradigm shifts in the light of globalization
- The future water manager
- Sustainable development: From rhetoric to action
- Rain is water: Broadening the resource base
- Innovative management options
- Invisible water resources: The need for new action
- Water rights and user involvement
- Capacity building and knowledge shifts towards integrating water management
- The inter-generation challenge
- Index
